Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Okay! I am going to try blogging on the road. I'm currently in India and my show went well, some sales and nice publicity in Hindustani times. My friend Anita and I have been traveling through Rajasthan, riding camels, visiting temples, forts and palaces and enjoying the art that India has to offer.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Hooray, it is finally coming together...that proposal drawing I did six months ago has come to life! I finished painting the final panel and now I just have touch up work to do. We took some pictures using a fisheye lens today to try to include more of the work and to give a sense of how BIG it is! I can't wait to see it up on the wall. Installation is scheduled for mid-March.

About Me

Contact me: sirenagraphics@hotmail.com
Artist Melissa Cole often finds herself snorkeling with salmon, smooching manatees, and swimming with tiger sharks. It is from these amazing encounters that she derives much of the inspiration for her vividly colored, heavily textured and patterned acrylic paintings.
Cole was born in Oregon and raised in London, Hong Kong, and India. She graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Zoology and spent time as a naturalist guide in Mexico. She’s written over 30 children’s natural history books and travels with her husband Brandon, who is a wildlife photographer specializing in marine life. Melissa has always dabbled in art, but has spent the last ten years fully devoted to it. She is strongly influenced by ethnic patterns, which she sees in her travels abroad. “You’ll find lots of dots, and a distinct border pattern in each of my pieces.” Her work is found in galleries ranging from Stephan Fine Arts in Anchorage, Alaska to The Wild Side Gallery in Key West, Florida.